Food Safety Programs & Regulatory Authorities (8) - End E2 Flashcards
Dr. Noah
The U.S. spends ___ annually on food safety regulation
What is the primary food regulatory agency within the USDA?
FSIS
What does FSIS regulate authority over?
- processed egg products
- raw meat and poultry
- slaughter operations for interstate shipment
- ensures that meat importers meat U.S. standards
What is APHIS?
production and transportation (pre-slaughter)
border inspection and quarantine
What is the FSIS mission statement?
protecting the public’s health by ensuring the safety of meat, poultry, and processed egg products
What does APHIS do?
live animal health and welfare, import/export, disasters
What is the primary food regulatory agency within the DHHS?
FDA
What does the FDA have authority over?
- shell eggs
- bottled water
- win
pet and livestock foods - veterinary drugs
- infant formulas
- dietary supplements
- adulteration & misbranding of foods, drugs, cosmetics
What happened with the Peanut Corporation of America?
salmonella typhimurium
What are hot topics within the FDA right now?
- melamine
- imported jerky treats
- trifexis
- compounding
- antimicrobial use in food animals
What is melamine?
protein surrogate, illegally used as an additive to hide low protein content
huge issue in late 90s to 2000s
was preventable and chose not to be
What does the CDC do?
- nationwide disease surveillance
- investigates foodborne disease outbreaks
- research and education re foodborne illness
- enforcement authority for cruise ship sanitation
What is the EPA?
regulatory authority for pesticides and toxins - determines safety of products
establishes safe drinking water standards
Which organization establishes drinking water standards?
EPA
Egg in the shell is whose responsibility?
FDA
Unshelled eggs/egg products is whose responsibility?
USDA FSIS
What does the FDA food safety modernization act focus on?
prevention
Why is the law needed for FSMA?
focus on prevention
What new actions does the FSMA put into place?
grants FDA a number of new powers, including mandatory recall authority which the agency has sought for many years
What is state oversight of food safety?
intrastate commerce is jurisdiction of individual states
- small slaughter plants
- small food processing plants
- milk products
What is the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points?
the systematic prevention of all types of health hazards at selected points in the food production continuum
in contrast to simply inspecting the finished product
What does the HACCP focus on?
health hazards NOT product quality!
T/F: Regarding HACCP basics, defects are always possible with less than 100% testing
TRUE - prevents rather than detects
What do we need to know about HACCP?
made mandatory in both the USA and EU
health hazards
Why the One Health approach with food safety?
Who was the Food Code, or Codex Alimentarius, established by?
FAO and WHO to protect consumer health and promote fair practices in food trade
What is the Food Code, or Codex Alimentarius?
collection of standards, guidelines, and codes of practice adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission
Why is the Food Code a good idea?
enhances consumer trust in the safety and quality of the food products they buy
importers can trust that the food they ordered will be in accordance with their specifications
